#generosity

Generosity is, by definition, disinterested.” (p.157) ↗

— Piero Ferrucci

#life

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves! ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#girls #love #purity #self-sacrifice #suffering

I gave you all my secrets, and you lost them all. You lost a lot of things. But the treasure of it was in the giving, not the keeping. ↗

— Julio-Alexi Genao

#love #sacrifice #love

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit. ↗

— Harry Belafonte

#been #generosity #much #offered #says

I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#assisting #citizens #compassion #endeavor #generosity

The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#effect #generosity #great #great thing #had

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#find #generosity #never #nice #out

I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#even #generosity #how #i #knew

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. ↗

— Horace Mann

#death #different #different thing #during #fear

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#cheap #generosity #like #reputation